Yazidis

In 2016, outside the village of Petra in the foothills of Mount Olympus, a deserted and crumbling psychiatric hospital that had at one time functioned as a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients became the site of a makeshift camp comprising canvas tents.

Greek authorities have arrested the jihadi husband of a German woman that is standing trial in Munich for letting a 5-year-old Yazidi girl die of thirst, his lawyer told Euronews on Thursday.

Despite finding widespread support globally, Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad has said she feels disappointed that none of the ISIL militants who raped and tortured Yazidi women have been brought to justice yet.

Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State in Iraq, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, reports the Irish Times.

Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State in Iraq, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 5.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Feb. 22 that the Syrian regime and the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) have “negotiated” for the northwestern Syrian province of Afrin but “could not strike a deal.”

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesman Bekir Bozdağ on Feb. 19 called Syrian state-run news agency reports on pro-regime forces preparing to enter Afrin “unrealistic,” saying this has not been confirmed by officials.

Syrian state television channel al-Ikhbariya TV said on Feb. 19 that pro-Syrian government forces would soon enter northwestern Syria’s Afrin region, where Turkey is fighting against the People’s Protection Units (YPG).

The Turkish army used chemical projectiles to attack the Syrian province of Afrin, the Syrian government agency SANA reported.

Turkey’s operation into the northwestern Syrian district of Afrin, across Turkey’s border, is meant to rid the region of militants so Syrians who rightfully own the land can return, Turkey’s Ambassador to the U.S. Serdar Kılıç has said in a letter to the Wall Street Journal.